Hillfarrance, Somerset

Description

Hillfarrance, a parish in Somerset, on a branch of th& river Tone, 3 1/2 miles NE of Wellington station on the G.W.R., Post town, Taunton. Population of the ecclesiastical parish, 396. The manor belonged to William de Vemay of the 14th century, and belongs now to several proprietors. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells; value, £110 with residence. Patron, Trinity College, Oxford. The church consists of nave, chancel, and S chapel, with porch and tower, and is good. By a Local Government Order of 1884 the parish was for civil purposes amalgamated with Mynehead,. Milverton, and Oak.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5